Road to Beervana - 7-14 August, 51 events across thirtyleven venues in Wellington and, for the first time ever, Christchurch. Too many to list them all - check out the schedule here.

Brew Day & Brewers' Barbecue - Sunday 7 August, Black Dog, 19 Blair St, Wellington. The bar will be open from noon sporting many of our award winning beers. When the brewing is done, we'll fire up the grill around 5pm where will be offering a selection of barbecued foods and a pint for $20. Tickets will available for purchase on the night at the bar.

Events next week

Road to Beervana - 7-14 August, 51 events across thirtyleven venues in Wellington and, for the first time ever, Christchurch. Too many to list them all - check out the schedule here.

Epic Thor IIPA (8.8%) – The third and final beer for 2016 in the Epic Stone Hammer series, Thor finished second in the Malthouse West Coast IPA Challenge last Friday. Inspiration for Thor came from brewer Luke Nicholas's trip earlier in the year to the Craft Brewers Conference in Philadelphia. While there he drank several different examples of the developing and evolving new East Coast IPA style. Having sampled Heady Topper several times over the last couple of years Luke had a clear idea of what he wanted this beer to be. East Coast IPA's are identified by their cloudy appearance, which comes from hop haze, and a big hop aroma and juicy hop taste. The kegged version of this beer has been kept cloudy, but the bottle version is filtered and bright. The beer has a big hop aroma that is dank, resinous (still a little West Coast creeping in) and fruity from the use of Nelson Sauvin and CTZ hops. The bitterness level is lower than regular Epic beers, which is also similar for the Thunder and Stone Hammer beers. Extremely well-balanced, juicy and delicious. With such incredible feedback from the West Coast IPA Challenge, we expect that this beer isn't going to last long wherever it goes on tap. Thor will be available at Beervana.